Uprising Ignites Seoul Riots Across South Korea
The conflict erupted as students and demonstrators pressed against government actions, with reports of at least 81 dead and many wounded including two Americans. U.S. envoy McConaughy visited amid protests over alleged ballot stuffing and police brutality. Riots swept Pusan Taegu Taejon Kwangju and the capital, signaling a volatile political crisis.
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Anakoteuet
United States
Korea
U. S
Walter P.mcconaughy
Seoul students clash with police as martial law imposed
Thousands of university students in Seoul clash with police near the presidential area amid tear gas and fire hose actions. Rioting continues as gunfire erupts, killing several policemen and wounding many others. Martial law is proclaimed with troops patrolling deserted streets and curfews enforced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
One Injured In Vehicle Crash Near Beckley Memorial
Damages estimated at 2220 dollars after a Mullens bound truck collided with an ambulance carrying a patient to Beckley Memorial Hospital. The ambulance driver sustained a minor injury, and the patient, John Scott O'Toole, was transported by Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home ambulance.
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Rhodell
Ris
Phillenees Pioner
Bluefield
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Mullens
Sooods En Seemaere
John William Briett
Dewey Malick
Thursday Vote On Civil Rights Measure Seen
The Rules Committee moved a new civil rights bill toward passage after House approval of amendments made by the Senate. House leaders planned a final Thursday vote with confidence in enactment. Southern Democrats on the committee abandoned their bid to block the bill despite opposition, accepting Senate changes as comparatively mild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kan Sousa
House
Senate
Senate House
Rules Committee
Nine Airmen Die in Harmon Field Cargo Crash
A U S Air Force inquiry opened after a C124 cargo plane crashed minutes after takeoff from Harmon Field. All nine crew members perished. The Dover AFB identified the dead as plane commander Donald P. Sheehan and seven others, with Lou Williams listed as loadmaster. The aircraft bound for Mildenhall England carried mail and medical supplies amid limited visibility. Helicopters searched the crash area after radar loss of contact.
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Stephenville
Mid
U.S. Air Force
Harmon Field
Mildenhall
England
Dover
Del
Air Force Base
Harmon
Dover Air Force Base
Donald P. Sheehan
Lansdowne
Robert E. Little
Monroe
Gerald E. Avery
Modesto
Calif
Leon E. Pedersen
McIntosh
Fla
Harold G. Harrison
McCloud
Okla
M.town
Edward T. Retus
Bentleyville
Wallace M. Willians
Louisville
Ike Creates Disarmament Policy Body
The Eisenhower administration will form a special disarmament organization to oversee talks on arms reduction. Experts from various government departments will compose a staff led by a top civilian chief, with access across Cabinet officers and foreign leaders. The move aims to upgrade the disarmament policy amid squared claims of U S negotiator preparedness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Iets
Sen
John Kennedy
D-Mass
U.S
Kennedy
De Gaulle in pre summit talks amid broad travel notes
Reports from Washington and Paris describe Charles de Gaulle and his wife concluding a seventeen day tour of North America and Caribbean territories before resuming talks with Prime Minister John G. Diefenbaker. Chinese Premier Chou En Lai arrives in New Delhi and discusses border tensions with Nehru. A Senate dispute over James Durfee’s nomination to the U S Court of Claims unfolds with party lines. In Paris a kidnap probe into four year old Eric Peugeot stalls with vague clues. Beardsley Rumi, of Macy’s tax withholding fame, dies after a heart attack. Quemoy garrison cancels leaves amid possible Nationalist outpost moves. Miss Universe of 1957 is noted.
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Charles de Gaulle
Paris
Las Ws Dleae Sens
United States
de Gaulle
John G. Diefenbacher
Chou En-Lai
New Delhi
Nehru
China
Senate
James R. Durfee
U. S. Court of Claims
Alexander Wiley
R-Wis
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Eric Peugeot
Beardsley Rumi
Macy's
Quemoy Islands
Outlawed ANC Call For Strike Goes Unheeded
In Johannesburg and major South African cities, Negro workers appeared in normal numbers with no harassment by alleged intimidators. No major violence occurred as police raided strict racial laws. Cape Town and Durban reports mirrored the calm with workers continuing to work. Troops stood by in Nyanga Langa and Cato Manor. riot cars patrolled as police planned raids on Negro townships to find agitators and stay-at-homes.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Cape Town
Durban
Nyanga
Langa
Cato Manor
Lane Gets Fund For Parks Start
CHARLESTON AP Gov Underwood allocates 10000 from his contingent fund to Conservation Director Warden Lane to begin early state parks and conservation projects. Legislature authorized 3500000 for conservation but no surplus funds expected due to steel strike impacting revenues. Funds will set up engineering and administrative machinery to groundwork before year end.
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Charleston
Underwood
M. Lane
Lane
Small Business Study Set In Low In Spirits Area
A West Virginia study to spur jobs in Raleigh Boone and Logan counties will be funded by a 39000 grant to Marshall College. Rep. Slack says the project seeks patterns for small business in the mountainous coal region and may involve cooperation from Morris Harvey, WV State, Beckley College, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
West Virginia
John M. Slack Jr
D-Wva
Marshall College
Raleigh
Boone
Logan
Slack
Department of Political Science
Morris Harvey
West Virginia State
Beckley College
6Th
Big Boys Stir Up Fuss, Small Fry Candy Dates Spark Talk
Sherwood Glutz comments on the loud fuss around big boys while noting small fry candy dates draw less attention than a plain contestant in a major beauty pageant. The remark contrasts attention dynamics among rivals and observers in public events.
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Big Boys
Women’s Club Funds Support Cancer Crusade
Mrs A Robert Koch presents a $25 check to K Douglas Bowers, state crusade chairman, for the Raleigh County Unit of the Cancer Crusade. The fund, established by Beckley’s Fine Arts Department, may be augmented by individual or club gifts in future years.
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Cancer Crusade
Fine Arts Department
The
Woman‘s Club of
Beckley
A. Robert Koch
K. Douglas Bowers
State Crusade
Raleigh County
Debates Sought Between Humphrey and Kennedy in West Virginia
West Virginia primary set for May 10 sparks a face to face debate offer from Humphrey and a swift acceptance from Kennedy. Kennedy indicates willingness for a single or series of debates potentially televised, intensifying campaign rhetoric over religion and party unity.
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Wheeling
West Virginia
Charleston
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
John F. Kennedy
Dmass
Kennedy
Wisconsin
Humphrey
Massachusetts
Callenge
Bandits Not Torch Slayers in Nickell Case
Two youths from Michigan and West Virginia were to be arraigned in Ohio on robbery charges connected to a string of attacks on stations and a motel. Carl P. Nickell, 43, was shot and doused with gasoline at a Belleville area gas station last Thursday, and he survived the fire after being set alight. Police found a .22 pistol in the suspects’ car, but ballistic tests showed the bullets used did not come from their gun. The suspects denied involvement in Nickell’s killing.
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Belleville
Mich
Carl P. Nickell
Nickell
Wolford
Estep
Ohio
Michigan
Louisiana and New Jersey voters go to polls today
Louisiana voters elect a governor to succeed Earl K. Long with Jimmie Davis favored over Francis Grevemberg and Kent Courtney. Republicans see limited strength in the Deep South while New Jersey voters choose nominees for the U S Senate with Clifford Case seeking a second term against Robert Morris.
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Associated Press
Louisiana
New Jersey
U. S. Senate
Earl K. Long
Jimmie Davis
Davis
Francis Grevemberg
Kent Courtney
Long
New Orleans
deLesseps S. Morrison
Deep South
Clifford P. Case
Robert Morris
Senate
Internal Securities Subcommittee
Case
Morris
West Virginia Weather Clears With Mild Temperatures
The forecast calls for sunny skies and highs in the 60s statewide, with upper 50s in the mountains. Tonight will be fair, with lows in the 30s east and 40s to mid 40s west. Wednesday looks normal with clear skies, New River gauge at 3 feet.
Clash Injures Home Of Nashville Civil Rights Leader
An explosion believed to be dynamite shattered the home of Nash ville City Council member Alexander Looby a Negro activist who defended race protesters at sit ins. Looby 62 and his wife slept in a rear bedroom and escaped injury.
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Associated Press
Nashville
Alexander Looby
Savannah Park Clash Sparks Race Tension Violence
A savage fight between Negro and white youths in Savannah Ga followed sit down demos and boycotts over segregation. Weapons including pipes and knives were used. a white youth was stabbed in the neck, others treated and released. Police jailed two Negroes and seven whites as a search for 20 more began. Investigators cited conflicting arrest accounts and undetermined cause.
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Associated Press
Savannah
Georgia
Melvin Bryan
Allen Louis Johnson
S. H. Kress & Co
Greek boy receives hopeful heart operation in New York
A four year old Greek boy, Stellakis Parthenopoulos, is reported in good condition after a Parkchester General Hospital heart operation. Dr. Aaron Gorelik led a team to close a hole and build healthy tissue, saying the boy had no chance without the surgery. The case followed a yearned plea inspired by a prior saved heart and public appeals coordinated by AP reporter John O B Wallace.
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New York
Parkchester General Hospital
Aaron Gorelik
Stellakis Parthenopoulos
Gorelik
John O. B. Wallace
Associated Press
Arpanel
State Ordered To Set Wyoming Man At Liberty
The Supreme Court orders the release of Daniel L. Firestone from the Wyoming State Penitentiary. Firestone, condemned to an indeterminate one to ten year sentence after pleading guilty to breaking and entering in December 1957, was found unfit for juvenile detention and later returned to prison. The court voided the attempted conviction and sentence, directing release in this habeas corpus case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Supreme Court
Lee County
Daniel L. Firestone
Wyoming Circuit Court
Firestone
Wyoming County
Harlan M. Calhoun
Manhunt Reaches Fourth Day in West Virginia Suspect Shootings
Kenneth Watts, 21, sought for shooting and wounding Mrs. Lewis Wagner in Rittman and questioned in a Doylestown farmhouse double murder. Wayne County Sheriff Rike says no solid link yet to William Wee and Bernice Wee. A stolen truck near West Lafayette adds to the chase as WV police warn for the suspect.
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Wooster
Ohio
Kenneth Watts
Watts
East Lynn
W. Va
Lewis Wagner
Rittman
Wayne County
Glenn Rike
Doylestown
Rite
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Bandits Not Torch Slayers
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